Sternocostal joints
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The sternocostal joints, also known as sternochondral joints or costosternal articulations, are synovial plane joints of the costal cartilages of the true ribs with the sternum.[1] The only exception is the first rib, which has a synchondrosis joint since the cartilage is directly united with the sternum.[1] The sternocostal joints are important for thoracic wall mobility.[2]
The ligaments connecting them are:
- Articular capsules
- Intraarticular sternocostal ligament
- Radiate sternocostal ligaments
- Costoxiphoid ligaments
Clinical significance
Ankylosis, joint stiffness caused by ossification, may occur at the sternocostal joints.[3]
See also
References
Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from Template:Wikidatathe 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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